https://odb.org/MY/2021/09/22/no-misunderstanding
Imagine we are deep in our own thoughts, thinking of something, talking to ourselves in our heart of hearts, in our mind. We are just talking in our heart, not speaking out or verbalising our words formulated in our thoughts. Now who can know or “hear” what we are saying to ourselves? Can the devil “hear” or know what we are thinking or saying? Can anyone know what we are thinking or saying to ourselves? In our own thoughts, in our own mind, it’s probably the only place in this entire universe that we can truly be alone and if we are in a quiet place, on our own with nothing to distract us as we close our eyes and just speak in our heart, we are really on our own. Except that we are not really alone and we will never really be on our own all by ourself. The Holy Trinity of God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit are with us and they can hear us and know what we are saying to ourselves. So instead of speaking to ourselves, if we were to speak to them and address them, any one of them and say “Father” or “Jesus” or “Holy Spirit”, we are then speaking to God and when we do that, it’s a prayer and it then becomes our conversation with God.
Therefore, the issue of God misunderstanding us can never arise even if we speak out or verbalise something wrongly or inaccurately (some of us may not be able to articulate that well what’s really in our heart). This is because God knows our thoughts, our heart intentions – He knows us inside out, He knows everything about us, all that we have ever gone through, every single moment of our life.
The issue then is that we may have nothing more to say to God in prayer or our conversation with Him. We are at a loss of words even in our heart of hearts. I believe in such a situation, this is when the Holy Spirit comes in and help us say those things deep in our hearts to God, those things the Father already know but we still want to say to them, with Jesus as our advocate at the right hand of the Father interceding for us. The Holy Spirit will give us the utterance. If we can speak in tongues, we could then speak in tongues to God for the Spirit to help us when we are at a loss for words. There can never be any misunderstanding by God for He knows everything including what’s deep within us.
However, we can or may misunderstand what God is saying to us. If we feel God is speaking to us something important that require action on our part, it is best to check against His written Word and maybe seek a sign of confirmation from Him. Speak also to our cell leaders or church elders or pastors for confirmation so they may pray for us too. We can and may misunderstand what God is saying to us although I think if we have been always communicating with God all this while, it is unlikely that we will misunderstand Him. Even then, it may still be good to seek independent verification through the Word and counsel of others.
In conclusion, I pray that all of us will always communicate with God amd learn how to hear from Him so that we will never misunderstand what He is saying to us at all times. It takes practice as practice makes perfect even hearing from God. The more often we converse and communicate with God, the better we will be at hearing Him.
Ronnie's Thoughts 